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extent of this desire does he stand in the intellectual scale. The 

 savage merely wishes to know where he can find something to 

 eat and wherewith he may be clothed, the astronomer casts his 

 eye across millions of miles of space seeking for knowledge of 

 other worlds. 



Informal remarks were made by Mr. Charles H. Townsend, 

 Director of the New York Aquarium, and by Mr. Charles L. 

 Pollard, Curator-in-chief of the Museum of the Association. 



The Museum was then, by the President, formally declared 

 open to the public. 



In the evening a subscription dinner was given by the Board 

 of Trustees, at the Staten Island Club, in honor of the invited 

 guests. 



The trustees present were Hon. George Gomwell, Howard R. 

 Bayne, Arthur Hollick, William T. Davis, John DeMorgan, 

 Philip Dowell, Stafford C. Edwards, J. Blake Hillyer, George S. 

 Humphrey, Charles A. Ingalls, William A. johnston, William H. 

 Mitchill, and Samuel McK. Smith. 



The guests present were Sanderson Smith, Franklin W. 

 Hooper, Walter C. Kerr, Frederic A. Lucas, Charles L. Pollard, 

 Charles H. Townsend, Louis L. Tribus, and William G. Willcox. 



Informal addresses were made by President Cromwell, Pro- 

 fessor Hooper, Dr. Lucas, Mr. Townsend, and others. 



